Category Archives: Local News

NDP leader Jim Dinn thinks there should be a police investigation into some of the findings in the Auditor General's report into travel nurse contracts. Specifically, he cites references in the report...

A 70-year-old man, who is said to have been driving "all over the roadway" on the TCH near Arnold's Cove, has been charged with impaired. The RCMP were first called about the situation shortly before ...

Thee will be a race for mayor in the province's west coast city. Deputy Mayor Linda Chaisson plans to challenge Mayor Jim Parsons for the top job. Mayor Parsons is in his second term. Chaisson says th...

A new report by the Auditor General found hundreds of thousands of dollars in expense claims paid to an agency nurse company, most of which were not approved by the health authority. So-called "Agency...

RCMP in Deer Lake are investigating an incident which involved a laser being pointed at an incoming aircraft. Pilots of an Air Canada Jazz plane reported a blue laser in front of the aircraft, which t...

A couple of big names from the Montreal Canadiens will be in metro this summer for the second annual Alex Newhook and Friends Golf Classic. Last year's event raised over $113,000 for the Real Program ...

A 37-year-old who was taken off the road is facing charges after reports of a dangerous driver weaving all over the Trans Canada in the area of Terra Nova National Park. Glovertown RCMP first received...

The Canada Summer Games has achieved its objective of 5,000 volunteers to help run the sport showcase in St. John's. The committee launched a drive to attract personnel and it has paid off with about ...

A portion of the Robert E. Howlett Memorial Drive in the Goulds will be closed to traffic this weekend as crews work on the reinstallation of the Cochrane Pond Bridge. The highway will be closed betwe...

Auditor General Denise Hanrahan says she expects NL Health Services to pursue recovery of money that shouldn't have been paid out for agency nursing. Hanrahan dropped her audit on the topic yesterday,...